Mechanical device for laying cloth or paper roof coverings



April 5, 19 c. D. HINDALL 1,853,001

MECHANICAL DEVICE FOR LAYING CLOTH OR PAPER ROOF COVERINGS Filed March 17, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet l gwimnto'o Brenna D. Hindefll attozwuf p 5, 1932- c. D. HINDALL 1,853,001

MECHANICAL DEVICE FOR LAYING CLOTH OR PAPER ROOF COVERINGS Filed March 1v, 1930 z-sheets-sheet 2 Patented Apr. 5,. 1932.

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CLARENCE D. HINDALL, or ADA, OHIO, AssIGnon or- Osman-ammo THE PHILIP eanna anenuraorunzne coiaranmecoaronA rIon-oronro MECHANICAL DEVICE FOR'LAYING onorn on rarnnnoor oovnn'nves Application filed March 17, 1930. Serial No. 436,530.

This invention'relates to improvements in apparatus for the laying of roofing and roofmg coverings. V

The primary object of the. invention is. the provision of an improved roof laying-machine, adapted to be used in connection with the laying of strip roofingcovering, of cloth or paper, and so that the said covering will be provided with means to permit its adj ustmentincident to roof expansion.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a mechanical apparatus for the laying of cloth or paper roof covering, which is of a novel nature to crimp, either laterally or longitudinally or both, the covering as it is laid, thus providingexpansion crimps adapted to compensate for expansion and contraction of the foundation upon which the roof covering isapplied.

A further object of th1s-1nvention is the provision of a mechamcal roof covering mach ne adapted to-be used in connection'with the laying of flexible roof covering-either pa oer or cloth or other com osition and embodying means to" form a plurality of longitudinal expansion folds or crimps in the cover ng as it IS laid; the improved machine embodying other structural features to permit the even laying of the covering, and means to regulate the width of the covering and also to folds notwithstanding the character of the roof structure whether corrugated or fiat.

A further object of this invention is the provision of anapparatus for the laying of strip roof covering upon corrugated, standingseam, or other types of' roofs, and including novel adjustable features by means of which eXpansionyfolds or crimps may be cooperatively placed according to the type of roof upon which the covering is laid.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will be apparent during the course of the following detailed description. 1

In accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and wherein simi lar reference characters designate correspending parts throughout the severalviews,

Figure 1 isa plan View of the improved in achine for the laying of roof covering, showing cooperating details thereof.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the improved machine, showing the same in the roof covering laying position.

Figures 3, 4 and 5 are cross sectional views taken substantially on their respective lines in Figure l of the drawings.

Figure 6 is an enlarged sectional view, taken substantially onthe line 66 of Figure 2."

Figure 7 is a cross sectional view taken substantially on the line 77 of Figure 1.

Figure 8'is azfragmentary sectional view taken substantially on theline- 8-8 of Figure 3.

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown only a preferred embodiment of the improved apparatus adapt ed for the novel laying of strip roofing covering particularly on a corrugated roof the letter A may generally designate the improved machine, which may include a major frame B forwardly ofwhichthe fold f or crimp formingrollers Care mounted on a shaft 20. A swinging frame D is connected'forwardly to the frame B, upon which is mounted a so-called feed roller E, and a roller construction F cooperating with the crimp rollers C of theframe B in producing the folds or crimps in the roof'covering.

roof covering reel G is provided upon the frame B, adapted to contain the supply of I strip roofing, andin cooperative relation with other details of the machine A, as will be subsequently mentioned. 1

The frameB preferably comprises'the side, beams 10 and 11,which at their rea'r endsare provided with bifurcated, handles 12," having hard engaging rollers or portions 13. The beams 10 and 11 are preferably parallel, and at the forward ends thereof the fold or crimp producing roller construction is mounted. The frame beams and 11, at their forward ends, between the reel construction G and the roller construction C are preferably provided with supporting wheels q and 16, supported upon stub shafts cardetachable manner;

ried by metal straps or brackets 19 which may be afiixed as at 19 at the lower edges of the beams 10 and 11. These stub shafts 18 of the supporting wheels 15 and 16 are, of

-- course, in transversely aligning relation upon the frame B, and it is preferred that said supporting wheels be disposed at the insides of the beams 10 and 11. They are arranged so as to not interfere with the roller construction C, nor the operation of the machine.

Referring to the crimp forming construction C, the same includes a rotatable shaft 20, mounted in suitable bearings provided in the forward ends of the beams 10 and 11.

15 This shaft 20 is preferably removable from the beams 10 and 11. The shaft 20 fixedly supports traction wheel 21 and a plurality of specially formed wheels 23. These special wheels 23 are all of the same formation, each comprising apair of complementary discs 25 construction F project in a cooperating fold forming relation in the roof covering, as will be subsequently described. The wheels 23 of the roller construction C are provided at their centers with threaded openings 84:,

adapted to threadably receive shanks of sleeves 36. Each sleeve 36 is preferably provided with aset screw 37 adapted to bind against the shaft 20 to lock or key the wheels or rollers 23 upon the shaft of the roller construction C, as illustrated in Figure 5 of the drawings.

Referring to the swinging frame B the same comprises side bars 40 and ll, which are pivotally connected at their upper ends 9 by bolts or screws 42 to the upper ends of brackets 45, which are rigidly bolted in a detachable manner at 47 to the forward ends of the rails or beams 10 and 11. The brackets pivotally support the frame bars 40 and tl 1 so that the latter may be swung forwardly of the frame B, and upwardly thereover. The swinging bars 40 and 41 at their forward ends rot-atably support a shaft 18 of the crimp producing roller construction F, in the ends of the shaft preferably bearing in openings provided in. said swinging bars 40 and 4.1 and at their outer ends having detachable sleeves keyed thereto as by set bolts, as is illustrated in f] Figure 2 of the drawings. The roller construction F cooperates with the roller construction C, and therewith is adapted to produce the crimps or the folds in the cloth or material laid upon the roof. The shaftftt to this end supports the wheels 32, which are preferably flat, and of metal, and provided with the screw threaded central openings 49, for detachably receiving bushings 50 therein, which bear upon the shaft 48; the bushings having set screws 51 to key the same to the shaft 48 for rotation of the wheels 32 therewith. The wheels 32 at their peripheries operate in the grooves 30 of the wheels 23 of the roller construction C, and it can readily be understood that the roofing material passing between the wheels of the roller constructions C and F will be forced by the wheels into the grooves 30, to longitudinally crimp the material as it passes between said rollers, and thus produce the folds or crimps as they are illustrated in Figure 5 of the drawings.

The feed roller E, is provided for the purpose of holding slack in the cloth, to take care of the folds and crimps when passing through the crimping rollers C and F, and also to hold slack in the roofing cloth or paper to accommodate the same to the corrugations of the roofing upon which the same may be laid. Such roller E is preferably a wood turning, laterally corrugated formation providing portions 55 of a diameter approximating 2 and intermediate portions 56, of a diameter approximating 1 the portions 56 being adapted to lie in the same planes with intermeshing wheels 25 and 32 of the roller constructions C and F, as illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawings. The feed roller E, at its ends is preferably provided with detachable bolt spindles 57, which extend through slots 59 longitudinally pmvided in leg portions 60 of U-shapcd brackets 61, at each side of the frame B; the brackets 61 including leg portions 62 which are bolted as at 63 to the arms 40 and 41 of the swinging frame D. The roller E is placed closer the pivoted ends of the frame D than the crimp providing roller construction F, and incident to the weight of the frame D bears directly toward and over the wheels 25 of the roller construction C. The cloth or roofing material from the reel G is adapted to pass between the roller construction C and the feed roller E, so that the latter presses against the said roofing material, forming the slack in the roofing material, since the said roofing material fits into the longitudinal corrugations of the roller, and holds the slack in the roofing material to permit the formation of the longitudinal crimps therein and to accommodate it to the corrugations of the roof upon which it may be laid, without liability of rupture of the roofing material incident to such formation. The roller E it is to be noted slides in a defined path along the slots 59;

the latter being vobliquely positioned to the.

vertical, sloping. upwardly from. the roller construction C, sothat the roller E incident to its weight moves radially towards the shaft 20, and most effectively cooperates in holding the slack in, the roofing. materialas above mentioned.

The reel construc tion,",(ir preferably cludesa sheet metal drum 6 5,at' the ends of which the retaining flanges 67 are'provided;

. the drum 65 being adapted to. have wound thereon any approved, lengths of the roofing material H. The" roofing material H is of course of standardwidth, and from the reel G extends toward the roller construction C,

downwardlybetween the peripheries of the grooved wheels23, and therollers E and F, and passes from the roller construction wheels 23, rearwardly,as is illustrated in Figures? and 4 of the drawings. The swinging frame D during operation is, of course, lowered forwardly of the frame B, as is illustrated in the the groove of the wheels 23. The shaft 70 of for thereof corrugations, and the crimps and folds provided in the roof covering by reason of the intermeshingof thewheels 3 2 in the reel G bears in suitable straps or bearings 71 carried by the rails 10 and 11, of the frame B asis illustrated in the drawings.

When the machine is inoperative and during transportation, the frame D is swung iearwardly toward thereel, and rests upon the beams 10 and 11, outof operating engagement with the roller construction C. During such positioning the machine A can be moved upon the transportation supporting wheels'15 and 16, and'the front roller construction C liftedclear of the ground or roof surface over which the machine is passing.

As is'illustrated inFigure 5 of the drawings, the machine Aproduces longitudinal folds or crimps in thecovering material H, and the material I-I conforms to the shape of thereof J the crimps or folds 80' being positioned in the grooves of the roof structure J.

There are many different types of roofs, suchi'as corrugated, and seamed, and the pitch of the corrugations and seams of which .vary. To this end, the wheels of the roller constructions C and F are longitudinally ad-Z justable upon their shafts, to accommodate the spaces of the same to the pitch of. the roof corrugations and seams, and the desired spacingoffthe crimps. Ofcourse, special feed rollersmust beprovided'for each different adjustment, since it is preferred that this feed roller be an integral construction,

and preferably corrugated longitudinally in. the relation shown.

-' As to the layingof the roof covering I-I,

the same may be original roof' covering, or

maybe covering placed upon already placed roofings, corrugated, seamed,.flat, or other-.

.wise shaped. In the preferred instance of placing the roof coveringI-I, the former roofingor original roofingispainted with a special adhesive paint, and the roofing material H. applied by the machine A uponathis. adhefsive paint, and afterwards .a top coating of adhesive paint is placed upon thematerial H. Various changes inthe shape, size and ar-- I rangement of parts may be madeto the form of. invention herein shown and described, without departing from the spirit of this invention or the scope of the claims Claims a 1. In a roofing machinethe combination of means to produce crimps in the'roofing material asthe same. is'laid by said machine. 2.In a'roofing machine a frame, means supported by the frame for carrying a supply of flexible roof covering, and means for producing an expansion fold in the roofing material as the same is laid by said machine. 1

3. In a roof laying machine the combination of a frame, means on the frame for carryinga supply of flexible roof covering, and means on the frame for producing a longitudinal expansion crimp in the roofing material as it is laid upon a roof.

a. In a rooflaying machine thecOmbination of a frame, means on the frame for carrying a supply of flexible roof covering, and f means on said mach ne for producmga plurality of spaced parallel expansion folds in.

the roofingmateri'al as the latter is laid by said machine.

5. In a roof laying machine the combinay I tion of a supporting'frame, means on the frame for carrying a supply of flexible roof covering, and means on the frame for transversely slacking theroof covering as'it is being laid to accommodate the same to roofs of various shapes and cross, sections.

6. In a roof covering machine the combination of a frame, and means on the frame to produce an expansion fold in the-material as itis being laid. Y 1

, 7.'In a roofing machine the combination of aframe, and means carried by the frame for receiving roof covering as it is being laid to transversely slack the same and shape it according to the section-of the roof structure upon which the covering is being placed.-

8. In. a roofing machine, the combination of aframe, interfitting male and female roller constructions adapted to receive roofing .material as it is being laid to provide ex-' pansion crimps in the same, and roller means cooperating with the above mentioned roller means to transversely slack the roofing ma terial prior to passage through theinterfitting male and female roller means. i

9. a roof laying ma'chinethe combina- 7 tion of a frame, means on the frame to carry a supply of roof covering, means on the frame to produce a crimp in the roof covering as it is laid, and means cooperating with said last mentioned means to transversely slack the roof covering prior to passage throu 'h said last mentioned means.

10. In a machine for placing roof covering the combination of a frame, means on the frame for carrying a supply of the roof covering, interfitting wheels carried by the frame between which the roofing material is adapted to pass to produce an expansion fold therein, and means carried by the frame to transversely slack the roof material as it passes through said machine in advance of being actuated upon by said interfitting wheels.

11. In a roof covering laying machine the combination of a frame, a roller construction carried by the frame including a plurality of grooved wheels, a swinging frame carried by the first mentioned frame adjacent said roller construction, and a roller construction carried at the end of said swinging frame including wheels interfitting with the grooved wheels of said first mentioned roller construction.

12. In a roof covering laying machine the combination of a frame, a roller construction carried by the frame including a plurality of grooved wheels, a swinging frame carried by the first mentioned frame adjacent said roller construction, a roller construction carried at the end of said swinging frame including wheels interfitting with the grooved Wh eels of said first mentioned roller construction, and a feed roller of irregular longitudinal section movable upon said swinging frame and cooperating against the wheels of said first mentioned roller construction to transversely flex the roof covering as it is passed through said machine.

13. In a roof covering laying machine the combination of a frame, a roller construction carried by the frame including a plurality of grooved wheels, a swinging frame carried by the first mentioned frame adjacent said roller construction, a roller construction carried at the end of said swinging frame including wheels interfitting with the grooved Wheels, of said first mentioned roller construction, a feed roller of irregular longitudinal section movable upon said swinging frame and cooperating against the wheels of said first mentioned roller construction to transversely flex the roof covering as it is passed through said machine, and transportation wheels carried by said frame.

14. In a roof cover laying machine the combination of a frame, a shaft rotatable at an end of said frame, traction wheels keyed to said shaft, wheels keyed to the shaft between said traction wheels having grooved peripheries. a roller construction including wheels, and means mounting the last mentioned roller construction on said frame so that the wheels thereof intcrfit in the grooves of the wheels first mentioned.

15. In a roof cover laying machine the combination of a supporting frame including side rails, handles at the ends of said side rails, aroller construction at the opposite ends of said side rails including a rotating shaft having traction wheels thereon and a. plurality of grooved wheels, a swinging frame swingably carried at the end of sai first mentioned frame adjacent said roller construction, a roller construction carried by said swinging frame including a rotating shaft having a plurality of wheels intermeshing with the grooved wheels of said first mentioned roller construction, and means carried by the frame rails for supporting a supply of roofing material.

16. In a roof cover laying machine the combination of a supporting frame including side rails, handles at the ends of said side rails, a roller construction at the opposite ends of said side rails including a rotating shaft having traction wheels thereon and a plurality of grooved wheels, a swinging frame swingably carried at the end of said first mentioned frame adjacent said roller construction, a roller construction carried by said swinging frame including a rotating shaft having a plurality of wheels intermeshing with the grooved wheels of said first mentioned roller construction, means carried by the frame rails for supporting a supply of roofing ma terial, said swinging frame incident to its weight adapted to have the wheels of its roller construction bear against the grooved wheels of the first mentioned roller construction, and supporting wheels carried by said frame.

17. In a roof cover laying machine the combination of a supporting frame including side rails, handles at the ends of said side rails, a roller construction at the opposite ends of said side rails including a rotating shaft having traction wheels thereon and a plurality of grooved wheels, a swinging frame swingably carried at the end of said first mentioned frame adjacent said, roller construction, a roller construction carried by said swinging frame including a rotating shaft having a plurality of wheels intermeshing with the grooved wheels of said first mentioned roller construction, means carried by the frame rails for supporting a supply of roofing material, said swinging frame incident to its weight adapted to have the wheels of its roller construction bear against the grooved wheels of the first mentioned roller construction, supporting wheels carried bv said frame, and a feed roller longitudinally corrugated slidable in said swinging frame for normally bearing against the first mentioned roller construction to transversely slack the roof the combination of a frame, means on the covering as it is passed through the machine. 18. In a machine adapted to apply flexible material to a structural surface, a frame, means for supporting a supply of flexible material carried 'by said frame and means,

adapted to apply flexible material to a structural surface whereby there will be a longitudinal portionjofsaid material out of contact with said surface between two contacting portions.

19. Ina machine for placing roof covering,

frame for carrying a supply of the roof covering, co-acting means, carried by the frame,

between which the roofing material is adapted to pass, said means producing an expansion fold therein and means between the supply and the said co-acting means to produce slack in the materialas it is fed to said co-acting means.

20. In a roofcoverlng machine the combination of a supporting frame, means on the frame for carrying a supply of flexible roofing material, running gear for the supporting frame, and int'erfltting maleiand female rollers operatively associated with the rimning gear for longitudinally crimping the roofing material as it passes between said rollers during the placement of the roofing material. 2

CLARENCE D; HINDALL. 

